Rejecting Or Redirecting Incoming Calls; Manually; Automatically - VTech ErisTerminal ET605 User Manual

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ejecting or redirecting incoming calls
This includes manual and automatic rejection and redirection and rejection of anonymous calls.

Manually

If you do not wish to pick up a ringing call, you have three options: Letting the call ring and not picking it up,
rejecting it manually, or transferring it manually to a third party.
• Rejecting a ringing call manually.
◦ Press . The caller will hear the busy signal.
◦ Press for two seconds to reject the call and additionally place the caller on the "Deny" list of the
phone's directory so that calls from that number will never ring on your phone; the caller will always
hear the busy signal. For more information on the "Deny" list and how to edit or remove entries from it,
see "Contact Types" on page 40.
• Transferring the ringing call to another phone (blind transfer).
1. Press the function key underneath
2. Enter the number you want to transfer the incoming call to.
3. Press to complete the transfer. The incoming call will continue ringing at that number.

Automatically

There are four options for rejecting incoming calls automatically or to have them forwarded automatically, either
always or under certain conditions:
Deny List. Calls from phone numbers on this list will not ring on your phone; callers will hear the busy signal.
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For further information, see "Contact Types" on page 40.
• DND - do not disturb mode. All incoming calls will be forwarded to the number set in call forwarding when
busy; if there is no setting for call forwarding, callers will hear the busy signal.
Exception: Phone numbers designated VIP in your phone's directory will ring on your phone even when
DND is on.
1. Press the function key underneath
Note: If the DND symbol has been replaced by the
screen and delete the status info messages until the next reboot of the phone. The DND symbol
will then be available until the next reboot, unless a new status info message takes its place.
2. Press again to deactive DND.
• Call forwarding. For further information, see "Call forwarding" on page 60 and 76.
• Rejecting anonymous calls: See"Rejecting anonymous calls" on page 60.
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to activate DND.
symbol, you need to open the status info
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